I found this article in the archives which describes "The Artist's Prayer" - the artist's contribution to change. This is clearly Art Solutions, not "art therapy as you know it, Jim" where the experience of pain simply gets regurgitated, or the problem/s simply get re-stated, yet again and ad infinitum.

I have been unhappy with Ars Gratia Artis for a long time - art for art's sake. WTF is that supposed to mean, anyway? It is at best a step stone to a more grown up understanding of art in the greater scheme of things, both intrapersonally as well as interpersonally. At worst, it becomes a crazy labyrinth that causes havoc for the individuals and societies who adopt this position.

Art is for everyone, not just the chosen few who have spent decades learning the secrets of craft in the lofty towres of academia. To make meaningful art, you need passion and an understanding how to translate what you want to share with the world into material objects.

Here is a set of very modern energy art exercises to get you started with your own True Creative Art.

Now here's an interesting thing. How much do you love your own art? Honestly now. I know we have been entrained, brainwashed, "to be our own worst critic" on the grounds that this will make you into a better person as you berate yourself endlessly, search for all things imperfect and beat yourself up for any little shortcoming.

I think that's completely appalling and in fact, a path straight into the abyss of failure - and not just for art, but for life.

There's the pure art, the really meaningful stuff, where you know what you are doing and you're the best you can be as a good, honest artist ... and then folk say, "What the f***k is that? Which way up is it supposed to be? Is that a beansprout or a surfboard?"

In this first of a two part series on Healing Art Silvia Hartmann discusses how art can be used to heal, where art therapy often goes wrong, and how art and love combine to bring about a very special form of healing.

The definition of energy art states that any thing that derives from a vision, honestly created, is a work of energy art.

The difference between "normal" energy art and Art Solutions is that in Art Solutions, the energy artist "steers" the vision with a question, a query to the energy mind, or a "set up" which may contain many components.

Let it all simply slide away, take a deep breath and let your mind fall back, right back through the times of you, the times of your ancestors, the times of men, all the way back and back and back through history until we arrive ...

Healing Art - one of the first and most important aspects of energy art is to create works of art with the power to heal. As always, in modern energy, we don't give out false hope or promises of miracle healing through healing art - but we can promise that healing art of the art solutions type will be healing for the energy systems of people, of the environment, a positive influence that can provide additional power, strength, love and other resources that may precede physical healing.